Our next journey takes on a "River Ramblings" tour. I've always wanted to go on a cruise, but haven't got my husband to say yes yet. This is the closest I've gotten to a cruise. It was a lot of fun. We rode on four different paddlewheelers on two great rivers, the Ohio River and the Mississippi River. Our first paddlewheeler was aboard the "Belle of Louisville". We enjoyed a wonderful dinner on the Ohio River.

We traveled to Hannibal, Missouri where we boarded the "Mark Twain"  and took in such sights as Mark Twain's boyhood home and museum and saw the house of his sweetheart, Becky Thatcher.

Our next excursion took us on an all day cruise on the Mississippi River to Dubuque. We had three delicious meals aboard this paddlewheeler. We sailed past wild and remote islands, high bluffs and picturesque  nineteenth century towns. We had live entertainment, games, skits, dance classes and narration from the captain about days gone by.

Our last cruise was a dinner cruise aboard another paddlewheeler on the waters of the Ohio River.

This is one of the paddlewheeler steamboats we were on.

My husband and I have always wanted to travel so we have done just that. We do most of our traveling with Christian Tours in Newton, Conover. Our first trip took us to Canada to the beautiful Niagra Falls. I have never seen anything like that vast body of water! When we saw the "falls" for the first time I thought to myself: "If people think there isn't a God, there must be something wrong with our nation." There is so much to see! We took a ride on the "Maid of the Mist" boat that took us right up to the "falls"! You have to wear a poncho to keep from getting wet. We got off the boat and went behind the falls into the tunnels.

On our journey, we visited the I Max Theater where we saw a video about how the falls came into being. We visited Rossi Glass and purchased some of the most beautiful glass you have ever seen. We took in a dinner show at the Moose Theater. We visited the Floral Clock that was actually made out of flowers.

There are so many sites to see and places to eat. We visited the College of Horticulture, ate lunch at the top of the Skylon Tower which revolves slowly on the hour so you can see all of Niagra Falls from high in the air.

On our journey home, we stopped in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and took in the Monongahela Incline for a panoramic view of the city. We stopped in Morgantown, West Virginia and visited the home of Don Knots (Barney Fife).

If you ever get the chance to visit Canada and see Niagra Falls you won't be sorry. We are so glad we went.

I have attached a few pictures of the Maid of the Mist boat we were on and the magnificent  Niagra Falls.

Maid of the Mist boat

Niagra at its finest